New Grad Software Engineer, Backend 2026

Circle is a financial technology company at the epicenter of the emerging internet of money where value can finally travel like other digital data globally nearly instantly and less expensively than legacy settlement systems. This ground-breaking new internet layer opens up previously unimaginable possibilities for payments commerce and markets that can help raise global economic prosperity and enhance inclusion. Our infrastructure including USDC a blockchain-based dollar helps businesses institutions and developers harness these breakthroughs and capitalize on this major turning point in the evolution of money and technology.

What youll be part of:

Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization were expanding into some of the worlds strongest jurisdictions. Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values: High Integrity Future Forward Multistakeholder Mindful and Driven by Excellence. We have built a flexible and diverse work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.

• Design build and maintain backend systems and APIs that are reliable secure and performant.
• Contribute to architecture discussions system design and code reviews.
• Develop high-quality production-grade software that supports Circles mission of raising global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of value.
• Participate in testing deployment and monitoring processes to ensure system resilience and quality.
• Troubleshoot issues identify improvements and help drive technical excellence across the engineering organization.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 1 years of professional or internship experience in software development using object-oriented languages (such asJavaGo or similar).
• Familiarity withRESTful APIdesign principles and backend service development.
• Understanding ofcloud platforms(AWS Google Cloud Microsoft Azure etc.) and deployment best practices.
• Experience working withSQL databases schema design and data modeling.
• Exposure todistributed systemsmicroservice architecture orpayment systemsis a plus.
• A focus on writing clean maintainable and testable code with strong attention to quality and security.
• Excellent communication skills able to collaborate effectively in a distributed team environment.
• A self-starter mindset motivated to learn ship meaningful software and continuously improve your craft.

• Youll join a team thatsmission-drivento build a more open inclusive and efficient global financial system.
• Youll gain hands-on experience withmodern backend engineering and cloud technologies.
• Youll be part of amentorship-driven engineering culturethat values curiosity collaboration and growth.
• Youll work alongside talented peers who care deeply abouttechnical excellence and real-world impact.

Circle is on a mission to create an inclusive financial future with transparency at our core. We consider a wide variety of elements when crafting our compensation ranges and total compensation packages.

Starting pay is determined by various factors including but not limited to: relevant experience skill set qualifications and other business and organizational needs. Please note that compensation ranges may differ for candidates in other locations.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Circle. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. Additionally Circle participates in the E-Verify Program in certain locations as required by law.

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